PROPERTY INSIGHT May 2021 Edition

  • By Peter Gordon
  • 13 May, 2021

There was some great news last week for many of our clients who purchased in Ballarat and also Lake Cathie in Port Macquarie.

We had clients buy lots in Winterfield estate in Ballarat a couple of years ago from $135,000.  Lots under 480mtrs have doubled in value and are now up to $270,000.  When we started promoting Ballarat we had 4-bedroom house and land packages from $392,000 and they are now selling for up to $570,000.

Only last year we started promoting Port Macquarie with the focus on Lake Cathie.  A 550mtr lot was from $245,000, and last week 480mtr lots were selling for up to $361,000.  One 650mtr lot sold for $440,000.  Not bad in a year.

Both of these markets have plenty of growth to come. While almost all of Australia's property markets are growing right now, that hasn't been the case in the last eight years.

When we started promoting The Sunshine Coast eight years ago, it's property market had been stagnant for almost a decade. Industry experts were not on board at that point, and very few people were looking to invest there. It has since become one of Australia's best performing property markets and everyone is trying to jump on board now.

Another example is Geelong, Torquay and the Bellarine Peninsula. Again, we were recommending this area when no-one else was promoting it as the next big growth region. Fast forward 12 months and everyone has now jumped on board, however, they have missed out on the bargain's that our initial buyers picked up and the massive gains they have made.

Same story in Ballina. Our first buyers bought house and land packages for just over $590,000, only two and a half years ago, and they are now worth around $850,000 plus. No one else saw that coming. Not even the local market knew what was about to happen.

You will have seen the latest region we have started marketing, Bundaberg in Queensland. If you read what is happening there, it has more potential than all of the regions listed above. None of them had a rate of infrastructure spending per capita as high as Bundy. None of them had rental returns of up to 6% for standard houses. None of them had packages as close to the beach for under $500,000.

If you want start or continue building your investment property portfolio, the best time to get into a growth market is at the start. If you wait for everyone else to jump on board it's too late!!

If you're considering investing in property we're here to help! We haver many options available and believe now is the right time to invest. Let us assist you and show you opportunities that are available, check out our property page or contact me for a Zoom meeting.
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By Peter Gordon April 26, 2023

Quiet simply, the Palms is the place to buy!

The northern beaches of Cairns is the Nation's best location for property investors right now, and The Palms is the premier development in this boom region.

It has the best location being elevated and backing onto the rainforest. It will have amazing facilities with a shopping village, a primary school, parks and green open space, a water park and an expanse of wildlife corridors.

It has taken the developers three years to get planning approval for this unique development to be able to hit the market. There are only 300 lots spread across 85 acres of the best land in The Northern Beaches.  Residents will have an abundance of open space right at their doorstep.  The Palms is also the only Certified Enviro Development project in Far North Queensland.

> Cairns Snapshot

By Peter Gordon April 20, 2023

Sydneysiders and Melburnians, put aside your equally outstanding flat whites for a moment. Stop bickering about whether great beaches beat cool laneways (they do) and desist from debating whether all baristas require waxed moustaches (ideally).

Because Brisbane is closing in on the title of Australia’s best city, and we must join forces to keep this subtropical upstart in its place.

Time  magazine recently named Brisvegas on its “World’s Greatest Places” list, and omitted our cities. It’s a huge shock (and who knew they still published Time  magazine?). But they might be onto something.

Time  points to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will be hosted in the maroon metropolis. Brisbane will do a fine job, even though it’ll baffle the world when rugby league is added to the schedule and Queensland is allowed to field its own team.

Time’s  most radical claim is that Brisbane is worth visiting now, but tourism is surging. Not only did Lin-Manuel Miranda recently drop in to catch Hamilton , but hundreds of Hamilfans flew up to watch his interview with Leigh Sales (presumably unaware that it would subsequently arrive on iView for free).


By Peter Gordon April 6, 2023
This small duplex development just a short drive from Hervey Bay on Queensland’s beautiful Fraser Coast, offers an incredible lifestyle at an affordable price. With unprecedented demand and very limited supply, prices look set to skyrocket.

A leading local agent has appraised each side of these duplex's to be worth $665k on completion and rent for $495 per week. So that is massive potentail instant equity of up to $390K on completion, which is incredibly hard to find.
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